I had a "vision" With my eyes closed. I could "see" myself down at the bottom of a really deep and dark pit. Metaphorically speaking, the pit was the despair and isolation that I was feeling.

And then I "looked" up in the vision, and I "saw" a man peeking down at me from the top edge of the pit. In my mind...it was Jesus...checking in on me.

And that was ALL I needed. I needed ONE person to care about me. Once I knew that HE had cared, I was strong enough to go forward.

P.S. I don't KNOW that it was Jesus for sure, but I really, really wanted to believe that it was.

Not sure I have completely. It took a lot of time, prayer and faith to be able to just move forward and start the healing. I still have many issues that affect me and can result in behaviours that are counterintuitive to what or how I want to be.

I discovered who I could count on and who I couldn’t. And I got surprises in both cases. Some folks I thought were friends bailed, others I’d seen as acquaintances really stepped up and became good friends. But I got closer to my parents than ever before, and that lasted.

I realized that i had to rely on myself to get me through it. At the end of the day, no matter how much you lean on people, how much you cling onto them to help you through it, they have their own lives. When everything dies down and there's the quiet moments, all that's left is you. And it made me stronger.

By surviving through it. I usually have something dramatic and terrible happen that changes everything. But I recover from it and carry on. Honestly its messed me up a lot.

I didn't give up and kept my faith strong. I didn't have any expectations but I did what was right (though being right is subjective).

They say time heals everything, I am not sure about that

There a thing about life and there's a sane which says about pain " You can't go over it , you can't go under it , you have to go through it '

Absolute determination that life wasn’t going to beat me and faith that there had to be better around the corner.

Humor has pushed me through

A friend from high school, a girl, gave me a dope slap and reminded me who I was. So I just stopped feeling sorry for myself and got it done. Everything was fine after that.

I haven't I'm still trying to recover from it

I got divorced, never felt better in my life after that.

Radically change my interests.

Did voluntary work.

I put myself in rehab and stopped drinking.

Not over it yet, never really be over it, but I will learn to live with it simply because I must.

I went to the pound and got these two

By finding one simple thing to do and achieving that. Then another one. eg Going for a walk. Reading something.

Start doing things and being active. Your brain and mood will follow.

By telling myself things will get better.

You know how it is with the thrill-seeking personality...

What goes up, must come down.

Top of the world, one moment; down in the dumps, the next.

Faith.

Gratitude

Leaving alot of things behind.

Tequila

Never had one, I am a happy conservative and an honest person.

I like to do things that prove I’m bigger than me. So I have to grow to keep up with myself.

Once you become homeless in the middle of winter. All there is the will to fight to sink or swim.

True grit. I know no other way.

Keep pushing

Move to Italy for 6 months, didn't speak a word of English for 5 and half months, slept with over 300 people, nearly got married four times, then came back and broke up with my fiancé

I'm still working on it. I'll let you know when I make it.

Time.

It’s the whole how do you eat an elephant thing. Just one step a time.

I haven't. It still there. I drag it behind me like a chained iron ball.

Hard Work

Just keep going past it

I don't. It is hopeless

Lots of spite.

I found another girl to dip my crank in.

Through prayer, faith in God and two good friends.